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While updating my References page, http://maxqnz.com/References.html, I found that my Indo-European dictionaries link was dead. Scouting around for it, I found a nice-looking replacement, with an extremely unwieldy URL which I won't post here. I also found this cool graphic http://www.bartleby.com/61/indoeuro.html, that seemed very apt, almost Zoroastrian somehow. I'm not sure if Karen Chung's site has been mentioned here before, but she has some very good links on her page as well.
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Something I have been looking for is a collection of basic grammars. Something like the grammar précis found in the back of a college level Latin textbook, but for a wide-ranging group of languages with individual sections for each language.
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that is a great graphic, sjmaxqrstuv. I wonder what Edward Tufte would have to say about it?  <edit> actually, I just asked him! http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a?topic_id=1
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Yeah! That's the one on the inside back cover of the brick-and-mortar AHD.
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Well, Faldage, I haven't had time to look through them all, but I think that Karen Chung's Links might be a good place to start looking. She has a lot of interesting links there.
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We had a link to a site that had numerous writing systems including alphabets of two basic varieties, syllabaries and even ideographic systems. I seem to have lost it here at work with a recent machine replacement. Might have it at home, though.
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Is this it, Faldage? If so, Max's already got it: http://www.omniglot.com/For any of y'all interested in things orthographic, this is a cool site.
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Faldage, might that be the omniglot.com site, which is on my list?
edit The above mantling is a result of clicking on the link in the reply notification email, which takes one straight to the specific post, and doesn't show the others around it. Lo siento beaucoup, ASp.
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ooooh - dead man walking!
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the omniglot.com site
Might that be the same one noted by the lovely AnnaS approximately an hour ago?
You did get any pâté at the Piggly-Wiggly, my ASp?
Dang, pipped again!
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Well, that does it, the sadistic delight and salivating expectation of my doom evinced by the Fool and his brythonic buddy have concvinced me to abandon the email notification system. The "m" in my handle shall not stand for mantler.
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Good find, mav. I'm going to put that one up with the other IPA link on my page, since they complement each other quite nicely.
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and at the risk of advertising a 'commercial' site, this low-cost font set for all kindsa languages may be of interest to some others around these parts... http://guindo.cnice.mecd.es/~jmag0042/alphaeng.html
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Thanks, mav. I removed xrefer from my site because they are now entirely commercial, aimed at institutional buyers, but I still have pay-to-use sites like Britannica up, so I don't think I would be selling out too much if I did include it. D'ya think a caveat for commercial sites in my list is in order?
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I never have strong reservations about this unless it's 'in your face' spam, but I drew attention to that just out of deference to those of delicate feelings ;)
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Wow--WOW! I've been hoping and hoping that I'd someday find again something that would give me the descriptions of the sounds that this site gives. I have absolutely no memory of what class I had these in in college, but I was fascinated by learning them, and thought it wonderful to know what the professor meant when he'd say, for ex., voiced velar stop. I just loved it!
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I found this Latin grammar site in my search for and answer to my preventive/imaginative question in Misc. I'm including the top level page, which covers more than just Latin grammar, for the humor shown in his definition section. http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/
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Thanks, Faldage. The OAQ were well put together, I especially liked his answer to the question of how to pronouce Caesar.
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Thanks, tsuwm. I think your link takes my score to a Nelson now.
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Is that a full or a half? 
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Full, and moving on toward a double.
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Just as long as it's not a Father.
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>Father Nelson
Well, F, you've the Don's book, so I know you know what I meant.
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the Don's book
*If (and this is the *big if), *if I remember.
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>*If (and this is the *big if), *if I remember.
I have faith in ya, Archie.
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this service claims to keep a watch for updates to your favorite web sites. has anyone tried this, or summat like it? http://www.watchthatpage.com/index.jsp
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I haven't tried that service, but do use a similar one, http://www.changedetection.com/monitor.html to receive alerts when my email client is updated. It works well, and I have noit received any spam from it, that I can tell. I may add their button to my site, as well.
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I couldn't find it on your site, Max, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. But if it isn't: http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
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mmm, thanks, good fetch, Fong.
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Thanks, Fong. I did have a link to ethnologue, but it was to the country index with maps, not the home page. I shall modify it now. Molto grassias.
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A scholar and a gentleman, providing both content and visitors to my page. Grassias.
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Good link, tsuwm. Back in my day, "philology" and "historical linguisitcs" were synonyms. I wonder if the author's more restricted definition now is the case in other languages as well?
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Wow, eta--these are cool! I never knew there could be a reverse look-up for symbols: http://www.symbols.com/graphicsearch.htmlDarn--the Encyclopedia Frobozzica won't come up, but you can find out which fish get to make the rules, in the Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia. I really like this one: E-Conflict? World Encyclopedia -- To eradicate conflict by increasing cultural awareness.
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That's little short of amazing, eta - I may be gone some time!
mmm, lemme see, a glossary of Czech to Latin mushroom terminology... jet engines... Canadian theatre terminology...
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That is a great link, eta. You're a real honey.
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You're a real honeyaw, that's sweet... 
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he's just sweet-talkin' you fer more maple syrup :)
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mm, thanks Fong - there's some really useful looking stuff there (and plenty for folks to help with the project if they have a spare afternoon or lifetime!)
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